The Dutch Waffen-SS volunteers that served in Regiment Westland (Standarte Westland) of the Wiking Division did commit war crimes on the Eastern Front. They were involved in the Lviv Pogrom and took part in massacres of Jews and partisans during Operation Barbarossa in Ukraine. They sometimes worked with the Einsatzgruppen and Ukrainian collaborators. Then there was also the Dutch Volunteer Legion (Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland) and Landstorm Nederland.
History Hustle presents: The Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteers and War Crimes on the Eastern Front.


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SOURCES
- Veldgrauw. Nederlanders in de Waffen-SS (Evertjan van Roekel).
- Report on Dutch sources concerning the involvement of the SS Division “Wiking” in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine in the Summer of 1941 (C. Kleijn and S.J.P. Reurs).
- Drang naar het oosten (Frank Seberechts).

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